What You Need to Know About Gel Injections

A popular treatment for the symptoms of osteoarthritis (OA) – pain, swelling, aching – is the use of an injection often referred to as a “gel injection” or hyaluronic acid. But most people

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The Relationship Between Diet, Osteoarthritis and Pain: UPDATE

Conventional wisdom suggests that osteoarthritis (OA) is a “wear and tear” disease. It’s a mechanistic view as if your body is more like a car or some other machine than a dynamic biologic organism.

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The Problem Isn’t Always What You Think It Is

I had a conversation once with a gentleman who was curious if I could help him with his lower back pain. He was referred to me by a friend of his whom I had guided through a number of injuries and problems

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Save the Date…for a Lot Later

We’ve been to a couple of weddings and anniversaries over the past few years and with each one, we received a “Save the Date” card. The card informed us of when and where the wedding

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Can You Spare 10 Minutes?

If you’re like most people, you probably spend a few minutes brushing your teeth every morning and before bedtime. This habit is so ingrained it’s just nearly automatic. What if I told you

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The Relationship Between Low Back Pain and Posture

Some people think that the reason you have lower back pain is that some part of your body is out of whack, imbalanced, or crooked. The theory, which is widespread, is that your biomechanics (the position

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What Should You Do When Something Feels Tight?

Take a guess what almost everyone does when something in their body feels tight. Stretch, right? Have you ever had a hip that feels tight? You know, after you’ve maybe been sitting for a hour or so and

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Inflammation, DaVinci and Stretching

This past August 2022, I described an injury I sustained in November ‘21 and, as a result, developed an autoimmune disorder. How does this and the subject of stretching go together? Something that often

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Neck Pain and Peacekeeping

“You know, I had an epidural steroid injection last week, and I feel great today. This is the best I’ve felt in three years,” exclaimed Bob, an orthopedic surgeon with one of the worst

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It’s a Mental Thing

When I was a lot younger, as a therapist, I looked at physical problems as just that – a physical problem. Once I knew the nature of the problem, finding a solution was relatively easy. Yet… Even

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